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Remember that politics move quickly, and people and their opinions evolve.
Patrick Galey On Facebook Arrests
July 5, 2010 · Mustapha Hamoui
The Facebook arrests may do more to damage Sleiman’s credibility than a rude comment ever could. In trying to dampen the fallout, prosecutors have brought the criticism to public attention, painting Sleiman as a slightly watered-down version of what one commenter termed an “outstanding student in methods of civil oppression”.
They have a name for that: The Streisand effect
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